Peter Haggett quotes

“The sound of progress is perhaps the sound of plummeting hypotheses.”
-- Peter Haggett

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“Geography is the art of the mappable.”
-- Peter Haggett

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“The Place of Religion in Chicago is a clearly written account of a little-studied aspect of American landscape. Based on unique field surveys and supported by photographs, tables, and beautifully crafted maps, the book will form a lasting contribution to our understanding of an overlooked element of the American urban scene: the religious landscape of a major metropolis.”
-- Peter Haggett

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“A people of scholars, if they are physically degenerate, weak-willed and cowardly pacifists, will not storm the heavens, indeed, they will not be able to safeguard their existence on this earth.”

“The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.”

“First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.”

Source : Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.21, Lulu.com

“But even more: all at once the Jew also becomes liberal and begins to rave about the necessary progress of mankind.”

“Progress is made by the improvement of people, not the improvement of machines.”

Source : Adrian Tchaikovsky (2009). “Blood of the Mantis: Shadows of the Apt”, p.203, Pan Macmillan

“For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.”

“I think the fans really wanna hear the songs the way they sound on the record.”

“I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.”

“The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music.”

“With one of the most bewitching sounds in the world, its purr, the cat persuades us that it thinks we are wonderful.”